Law and Sociology

University of Warwick

Bachelor's degree

In Coventry

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Coventry

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This degree will develop your understanding of technical and doctrinal aspects of the law, sociological theory and research, and social institutions and practices. You will also gain a critical awareness of the role that law can play in modern societies.

The combined course offers both contextual and professional perspectives on the law, seeing legal institutions, ideas and processes as an important part of society. As well as subject-specific content,
an interdisciplinary approach enables lawyers to understand law in a broad sociological context and helps sociologists to understand legal techniques. A key feature of the course is the second-year module on Social Theory of Law, developed specifically for this course and jointly taught by Warwick Law School and the Department of Sociology. You will develop high-level skills in legal and sociological research, presentation, writing and independent study, and will be equipped with a depth of legal and sociological understanding that will enable you to participate effectively in policy debates

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Coventry (West Midlands)
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University Of Warwick, CV4 7AL

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About this course

you can exempt yourself from future professional law examinations. Having spent the first year of your degree developing core sociological and legal skills, in your second year and beyond you can choose from a wide range of modules tailored to your academic interests. Options available to current students include: International Criminal Law, Refugee and Asylum Law, Social Welfare in Britain, Contemporary Health Issues, Cultural Regimes of Gender, and Sociology of Crime and Deviance. In your third and fourth years, you will study core modules in Law alongside options chosen from both Departments (you must take three Sociology modules over the course of the two years).

Our graduates have gone on to work for organisations including: Allen & Overy, Goldman Sachs, PwC, Westminster City Council, Royal Bank of Scotland.

Examples of our graduates’ job roles include: Advocate, Trainee Solicitor, Funding and Bid Co-ordinator, Risk Analyst, Litigation Paralegal.

A level: AAB. Sociology A level preferred but not essential
IB: 36 points. Higher level in a sociology-based subject preferred but not essential

Degree of Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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Subjects

  • EU Law
  • Social Theory
  • Law
  • Sociology
  • Approach
  • IT Law
  • Administrative Law
  • Property Law
  • Criminal law
  • Contract Law

Course programme

First year core modules may include The Modern English Legal System; Introduction to Legal Theory; Tort Law; History of Sociological Thought; Class and Capitalism in a Neoliberal World; Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences; Researching Society and Culture.

Second year core modules may include Social Theory of Law; Criminal Law; Contract Law; Designing and Conducting Social Research; Practice and Interpretation of Quantitative Research; Modern Social Theory.

Third year core modules may include Constitutional and Administrative Law; Property Law; and optional modules.

Fourth year core modules may include Law of Trusts; Foundations of EU Law; and optional modules.

Examples of elective modules may include International Law; French Law; German Law; Social Theory of Law; Introduction to Competition Law; Comparative Criminal Justice; Human Rights in Practice; Foundations of European Law; Law and Policies of the European Union; Origins of English Law; Law of Labour Relations; Law of Business Organisations; Comparative Human Rights; Medicine and the Law; Gender and the Law; Shakespeare and the Law; Conflict of Laws in a Commercial Context; Child Law and Global Intellectual Property Law & Policy, to name a few.

How will I learn?

For each module you’ll usually have two lectures per week, plus regular seminars which offer opportunities for legal problem solving and discussion of ethical or policy issues relating to the law. Staff also have regular advice and feedback hours in which you can discuss issues outside the seminar setting. We employ a range of innovative teaching methods, such as performance based learning, reflective journals and dramatised dissertations.

Our contextual approach to law means that we ask for consistent work and for your full commitment throughout the course. In return, we will give you all the support and advice needed to help you realise your full potential.

How will I be assessed?

We offer a variety of assessment methods, with emphasis placed on continuing assessment through class tests, essays and other formative and summative written work. Depending on module choice, you may be able to weight your degree towards either examinations or essays.

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Law and Sociology

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